Building-front column



(No Model.)

P. MESKER. BUILDING FRONT COLUMN.

No. 449,553. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

lap-z 4 M ZZ UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK MESKER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BUILDING-FRONT COLUMN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 449,553, dated March 31,1891.

Application filed May 29, 1890. Renewed February 24, 1891. $erial No.382,651. (No model) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK MESKER, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made anew and useful Improvement in Building-Front Columns, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The improved column under consideration is a composite structure,usually of wood, and consisting of three upright members suitablyunited, and altogether forminga column having the appearance of a pairof pilasters spaced apart by an intermediate member, substantially as ishereinafter described and claimed, aided by the annexed drawings, makingpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a View in perspectiveof the improved column; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same, andFig. 3 a front elevation of the same. The last two named views are uponan enlarged scale.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

A A represent the uprights which constitnte the pilaster element of thestructure, and B represents what may be termed a subcolumn, which isarranged between the up rights A A so as to come opposite the rearwardextensions a a of the uprightsA A, respectivelythat is, the uprights AAare similar, each consisting of a front portion a and a rear portion a,said rear portion being narrower in width than is said front portion a.By this means an offset a is formed in each upright A at each sidethereof, and the subcolumn B is held in the opposing offsets of theuprights A A, substantially as is shown, and the three parts A AB areunited by means of cross-strips 0, applied to the said parts at the backthereof and secured thereto by means of screws D D, substantially asshown.

This composite column can be ornamented as desired, so as to present infront any desirable architectural effect.

hen the column is inserted in the building-front, the offsets a (B, atthe outer sides, respectively, of the column, are utilized in making theconnection between the column and the adjacent portions of thebuildingfront.

I claim- The herein-described composite column, the same consisting of apair of pilasters A A and the intermediate sub-column B, united by thecross -strips 0, substantially as described.

Vitness my hand this 30th day of April, 1890.

FRANK MESKER.

W itn esses:

O. D. MooDY, THOMAS O. ARBEGUST, O. C. LOGAN.

